Host Status Detail page - Alias Display Length

[TBT]

The Alias field has a character limit (of 64) when displayed on the Host Status Details page for any network element. Are we wrong to think this wasn't always the case, and also, is there a way to display the entire text field in these views?

Example, the text field is cut off: Court - Physical Internal Switch - Stack (ICRM / Corporate LAN - Second Floor, Room 2034)

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[lmiltchev]

Try expanding the size by running:

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echo 'alter table nagios_hosts modify alias mediumtext not null;' | mysql -uroot -pnagiosxi nagios

Note: If you changed your "default" db password or if you are using an offloaded db, modify the above command.

Let us know if this helped.

[TBT]

That works. For the sake of asking, what is the purpose of truncating that field, aesthetics?

[tmcdonald]

There might not have been any specific reason beyond "I need a limit for this field and 64 seems long enough".